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The Pandemic, Contingent Faculty, And Catholic Colleges And Universities, Jason King
The Pandemic, Contingent Faculty, And Catholic Colleges And Universities, Jason King
Academic Labor: Research and Artistry
In this paper, we explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on contingent faculty in Catholic higher education. As a baseline for comparison, we draw on our 2019 essay which traced the increasing reliance on contingent faculty in Catholic higher education from 2001-2017. When compared to 2020, we find three significant results. First, Catholic colleges and universities responded to the pandemic by reducing all employment – administration, staff, tenured/tenured track faculty, and contingent faculty. In this general reduction, contingent faculty was reduced by 2.6%. Second, the reduction in employment was particularly pronounced in small Catholic schools. At these schools, contingent …
“Drown[Ing] A Little Bit All The Time: The Intersections Of Labor Constraints And Professional Development In Hybrid Contingent Faculty Experiences, Courtney Adams Wooten, Brian Fitzpatrick, Lourdes Fernandez, Ariel M. Goldenthal, Jessica Matthews
“Drown[Ing] A Little Bit All The Time: The Intersections Of Labor Constraints And Professional Development In Hybrid Contingent Faculty Experiences, Courtney Adams Wooten, Brian Fitzpatrick, Lourdes Fernandez, Ariel M. Goldenthal, Jessica Matthews
Academic Labor: Research and Artistry
Faculty teaching during COVID-19 have been asked to adapt to a wide range of instructional modalities that have often increased the labor they experience without commensurate compensation. Hybrid courses, which were already popular pre-pandemic, have become even more common as schools and universities have rushed to adapt instruction to students’ needs. This article reports on interviews with faculty teaching hybrid courses to investigate their perceptions of the labor involved in teaching in this instructional modality, drawing connections to the labor many faculty are experiencing as they adapt to hybrid or other, similar instructional modalities. It then argues that targeted professional …
Studenting And Teaching With Chronic Pain: Accessibility At The Intersection Of Contingency And Disability, Beth Greene
Studenting And Teaching With Chronic Pain: Accessibility At The Intersection Of Contingency And Disability, Beth Greene
Academic Labor: Research and Artistry
While much attention is given to undergraduate students with disabilities, far less is devoted to graduate students, particularly those who also act as faculty: Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs). This article discusses issues of accessibility encountered by these contingent faculty members, specifically GTAs who have invisible disabilities, and how approaching discussions of contingency and disability with an ethos of transparent vulnerability—a level of transparency that necessarily leads to vulnerability—can help combat the stigma that continues to surround contingency and disability in higher education.
The Poor And Marginalized Among Us: Contingent Faculty In Jesuit Universities, Richard D. Clark, Carrie Buchanan, Christina Rawls
The Poor And Marginalized Among Us: Contingent Faculty In Jesuit Universities, Richard D. Clark, Carrie Buchanan, Christina Rawls
Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal
Faculty of institutions of higher learning have an opportunity to discuss, debate and discern how to create workplaces that are just and inclusive. As members of Jesuit institutions, we have a moral obligation to do so. How, then, can Jesuit universities justify the poor treatment of contingent faculty, who are now a majority not just in our institutions, but in the country as a whole? Tenure-track employment is a fading tradition in universities throughout the United States. The data also show that non-tenure-track faculty, particularly the growing number of part-time adjunct faculty, constitute a population of marginalized, often poor, employees …
Panel Handout: Mica: Negotiating A First Contingent Faculty Contract At An Art School
Panel Handout: Mica: Negotiating A First Contingent Faculty Contract At An Art School
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Panel: Negotiating Over Job Security For Contingent Faculty - The Three Legged Stool, Judi Burgess
Panel: Negotiating Over Job Security For Contingent Faculty - The Three Legged Stool, Judi Burgess
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
Negotiating Over Job Security For Contingent Faculty: The Cfa Experience, Jonathan Karpf
Negotiating Over Job Security For Contingent Faculty: The Cfa Experience, Jonathan Karpf
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters
Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
The variety of titles for non-tenure-track, part-time, contingent faculty and their semantic meanings are explored. The terms are not random when looked at collectively, but rather form a pattern which is indicative of contemporary post-secondary academic employment and culture. More specifically, these titles reflect several characteristics of the faculty who bear them: among others, the fact that they are not in full-time employment, the fact that their contracts are for shorter periods of time than those of tenure-track faculty, and the fact that their contracts reflect an expectation of impermanence in employment. Also expressed in the titles are more nuanced …
Handout: University Of Hawai'i Faculty Contract, Richard Westbury Nettell
Handout: University Of Hawai'i Faculty Contract, Richard Westbury Nettell
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Countering Contingency?, Richard Westbury Nettell
Countering Contingency?, Richard Westbury Nettell
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
The University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (UHPA) represents higher education faculty across the state, in a system that includes one major research university, two four-year colleges, and six community colleges. Qualification to be a member of the bargaining unit (and receive full health benefits) is 50% employment. Furthermore, the term “faculty” includes not only instructional faculty (including lecturers, who are by definition temporary, and instructors, who are longer-term but non-tenure-track), but also researchers, librarians, counselors, and others who come under the general designation of specialist. This basically means everyone working in the state’s higher education system is part of the …
Protecting Academic Freedom For Faculty Working On Contingent Contracts: Contract Language For Full-‐Time Faculty At Wright State University, Rudy Fichtenbaum
Protecting Academic Freedom For Faculty Working On Contingent Contracts: Contract Language For Full-‐Time Faculty At Wright State University, Rudy Fichtenbaum
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Collective Bargaining Results Regarding Contingent Faculty, Rudy Fichtenbaum
Collective Bargaining Results Regarding Contingent Faculty, Rudy Fichtenbaum
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
Contingent Faculty In Higher Education, Ken Hawkinson
Contingent Faculty In Higher Education, Ken Hawkinson
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Part-Time Faculty On Student Degree Or Certificate Completion In Two-Year Community Colleges, Hongwei Yu
The Effect Of Part-Time Faculty On Student Degree Or Certificate Completion In Two-Year Community Colleges, Hongwei Yu
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
The Delphi Project On The Changing Faculty And Student Success, Daniel Maxey
The Delphi Project On The Changing Faculty And Student Success, Daniel Maxey
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
The California State University Bottleneck Courses Survey Report, Michelle Kiss
The California State University Bottleneck Courses Survey Report, Michelle Kiss
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.